FORTALEZA. Ceará conquers Cuiabá 1-0 after M. scored just 1 goal (48′).

Cleber missed a penalty (82′) for Ceará.​

The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Sunday and it started at 11:30 pm local time. The referee was Heber Roberto Lopes with the help of Alex dos Santos and Thiago Americano Labes. The 4th official was Renato Pinheiro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Ceará was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Cuiabá that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ceará was was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ceará won the match​.

Ceará shot 16 times, 1 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Cuiabá shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Ceará received 3 yellow cards (Jael, Messias and L. Otavio). On the opposite side, Cuiabá received 1 yellow card (Papagaio).

Standings

After playing this match, Ceará will have 39 points like Cuiabá to go down in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Cuiabá will stay with 39 points to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Ceará will play away against Athletico PR on the 10th of November with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Athletico PR (7 draws).

Cuiabá will play away agasint Corinthians on the 14th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Corinthians (0 draws).

Ceará – Formation

Ceará started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Tiago Retzalff Nunes decided to play with the following team: João Ricardo (7.4), Igor (7.4), Messias (8.0), Luiz Otávio (7.2), Bruno Pacheco (7.8), Fabinho (6.5), Fernando Sobral (7.0), Erick (6.9), Vina (8.1), Stiven Mendoza (6.2) and Jael (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Gabriel Negueba, Richard, Kelvyn, Gabriel Lacerda, Lima (6.8), Jorginho, Willian, Marlon, Cléber (6.6), Rick (6.4), Willian Oliveira and Airton.

Substitutions

Ceará made 5 changes: Jael for Cleber (65′), Erick for R. Jhonatan (65′), S. Mendoza for V. Lima (88′), Fernando Sobral for Willian Oliveira (90′) and Vinicius for Marlon Adriano (90′).

Best player: Vina​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ceará was Vina even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 35 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 6 crosses.

Cuiabá – Formation

Cuiabá started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Talking about the opposition, Jorge José de Amorim Campos played with: Walter (7.3), João Lucas (7.0), Marllon (6.7), Paulão (6.6), Uendel (6.2), Camilo (7.1), Yuri (6.9), Pepê (6.6), Clayson (6.3), Max (6.8) and Jenison (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: João Carlos, Uillian Correia (6.4), Felipe Marques (6.8), Anderson Conceição, L. Hernández, Lucas Ramon, Jonathan Cafú (6.7), Rafael Elias (6.6), Danilo Gomes and Rafael Gava (7.2).

Substitutions

Cuiabá made 5 changes: M. Alves for F. Marques (46′), Yuri for J. Cafu (58′), Pepe for R. Gava (59′), Camilo for Uillian (73′) and Clayson for Papagaio (82′).

Best player: Walter​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cuiabá was the goalkeeper: Walter. His rating is 7.34. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Fluminense – Sport Recife – 1-0
• Santos – Palmeiras – 0-2
• Atlético Mineiro – América Mineiro – 1-0
• Ceará – Cuiabá – 1-0
• Bahia – São Paulo – 1-0
• Bragantino – Athletico PR – 0-2